Hörnlihütte
High mountain hut at the foot of the Matterhorn's Hörnli ridge, base camp for summit climbers.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Hörnlihütte above Zermatt goes back to July eighteen sixty-five, before any hut stood here, when Edward Whymper led a party of seven up the ridge behind you in a race with the Italian Jean-Antoine Carrel. You'll meet the guide Michel Croz, the young Douglas Hadow, Lord Francis Douglas and the Taugwalders, father and son. Best heard outside the hut, facing the ridge.
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